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Uproar over Madan Rathore's Pakistan remark leads to protests and detentions
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News18•17-10-2026, 16:21
Uproar over Madan Rathore's Pakistan remark leads to protests and detentions
- •Youth Congress workers pasted posters and wrote slogans outside the BJP office in Ajmer demanding a sedition case against Madan Rathore.
- •Police detained five workers, including former City Youth Congress President Mohit Malhotra, following the Ajmer protest.
- •The BJP filed a complaint at the Civil Lines police station alleging forceful entry and property damage.
- •Congress workers also held protests and burned an effigy of Madan Rathore at Kotgate in Bikaner under state committee directives.
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Rajasthan BJP President Madan Rathore sparked a major controversy by stating during a program that if a war breaks out between the United States and Pakistan, India would stand with Pakistan as a neighboring country, though he later clarified his remarks were taken out of context.
In Ajmer, Youth Congress workers pasted posters outside the BJP office, spray-painted slogans like "BJP Hay-Hay" and "traitors," and demanded that a sedition case be filed against Madan Rathore.
The police detained five workers, including former City Youth Congress President Mohit Malhotra, from Kishangarh for leading the protests. Meanwhile, the BJP filed a formal complaint at the Civil Lines police station alleging forceful entry and property damage.
